Account Director, Direct Impact Practice, PR and Financial Communications

3 weeks ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Burson North America Full time
About the Role

Burson North America is seeking an experienced Account Director to join our Direct Impact Practice. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading enterprise and consumer initiatives and programs across the United States.

Key Responsibilities
  • Oversee day-to-day client projects, client relationships, and local events to ensure high-quality work that meets client objectives.
  • Draft, review, and edit materials, including newsletters, plans, one-pagers, press releases, opinion pieces, pitches, bylines, talking points, and case studies.
  • Develop creative ideas, new approaches, and innovative thinking to enhance client work.
  • Support material development for new business capabilities proposals and presentations.
  • Maintain strong relationships with field networks, local partners, client teams, and cross-functional internal teams.
  • Manage a team to ensure regular reporting, media monitoring, and tracking, and that client deliverables are high-quality and on-time.
  • Client-facing execution and oversight of projects around stakeholder and local media relations and events campaigns, ensuring high-quality and on-time deliverables.
Requirements
  • 7+ years of previous public relations work experience.
  • Excellent project and team management skills, with a proven ability to plan and prioritize work to meet commitments and identify, secure, and employ resources needed to achieve results.
  • Experience managing grassroots/local earned media campaigns.
  • Excellent client management skills.
  • Strong writing skills with high attention to detail.
  • Prior experience serving as a day-to-day account lead.
  • Financial and/or agency experience preferred.
  • Ability to manage complex client and internal relationships diplomatically and consultatively.
  • Ability to think innovatively to develop creative solutions and new programs.
  • Team player, ready to roll up their sleeves in a collaborative environment.
About Burson North America

Burson North America is a global communications leader built to create value for clients through reputation. We operate under WPP, the creative transformation company, and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We offer a hybrid work environment, career growth opportunities, and a range of benefits, including paid time off, parental leave, and employee resource groups.

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